Cost And Fee Payment Schedule
The total cost for participating in Ramah Seminar 2011 is $7,900 USD (New York Area airports), $8,350.00 USD for those departing from LA and $7,700.00 USD (for those departing from Toronto), which includes all fees and taxes for the international round trip flight and all land costs of the program in Israel. The tuition also includes costs for health insurance, group t-shirt and photo.
Poland Seminar 2011: an additional $2500.00 USD.
Seminar Yarok 2011: an additional $990.00 USD.
NOT included in the cost are: laundry charges (approximately $10 per load), expenditures for personal gifts, costs incurred during the participant's free time, transportation to and from host families, and other personal expenditures.
Please note that the Seminar 2011 fee has been set with consideration of anticipated price increases in land and air costs. However, if a significant change occurs in costs during the course of the year (especially with regard to airfare), an adjustment of our fee may have to be made in order to offer the program without compromising its quality.
"Land Only" Participants: Those who prefer to make their own round-trip flight arrangements to Israel will be billed a total of USD $6,650, which excludes air travel. Please note that in such a case participants will have to make their own arrangements for ground transportation to and from the airports, ticket reconfirmation, etc. Ramah personnel will not be available to accompany "land only" participants to and from the Seminar base. Participants in the pre-trip to Poland may not enroll on a "land only" basis, as we prefer to have all participants on our group flight to Warsaw.
Deposits
All applications must include a deposit of $1000 USD in order to be considered. The deposit is refundable in full until January 31, 2011.
Payment in full is expected by April 1, 2011.
Cancellation Fees
Cancellations received before March 31 -- $200 cancellation fee
Cancellations received between April 1 and April 30 -- $300 cancellation fee
Cancellations received between May 1 and May 31 -- $500 cancellation fee
Cancellations received between June 1 and departure -- $1000 cancellation fee
Cancellations after the start of the Seminar program: No Refund.
You may wish to purchase a trip cancellation policy from your travel agent to cover any possible financial loss should you have to withdraw from the trip.
Scholarships
The Ramah Programs in Israel has limited scholarship available. Therefore, we request that all scholarship applicants also seek funding from other sources, such as the following:
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1.Synagogues, rabbi's discretionary fund, men's clubs, and women's league groups.
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2.Local Federation and Community Foundations often provide scholarships and/or matching grants to participants in high school programs in Israel. Please remember to determine with your local agency if you have put aside money in Passport-to Israel type programs.
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3.Occasionally, students can receive stipends in advance of their summer in Israel in exchange for a time commitment to work in their local synagogue, Hebrew school, and/or youth program upon the student's return from Israel. Please contact your rabbi or youth director regarding possible employment.
Ramah Programs in Israel and the Ramah camps are strongly committed to the ideal that no qualified participant should be prevented from joining Seminar due to lack of funds. To this end, we have developed a Scholarship Fund which will enable deserving youth, who would otherwise be unable to do so, to come to Israel.
If you wish to apply to Ramah for financial aid through the Seminar Scholarship Fund, please click on the link to Scholarship Information in the Seminar application site. In addition, please contact the Director of the Ramah camp you attended last.
We urge you to seriously consider a voluntary contribution to the Fund. Please check the appropriate space on the application form.
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